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2010

Hanks has moved to Brookvale!

Hanks Jam is now located at 28 Cross Street Brookvale NSW 2100. We outgrew the Banks Meadow Facility

and now have a much bigger Kitchen to make all of our fantastic Jams and savoury products. Telephone

and fax numbers remain the same for the time being.

2009

Hanks achieves HACCP certification

Hanks Jam appoints new distributors in Dubai, New Zealand and Singapore

2008

Hank's moves to a bigger and brighter new kitchen in Banksmeadow, South Sydney

Hank's sends our first export order to Hong Kong!

Hank's sends our first order to Singapore!

2007

Sydney Royal Show Silver Medal winner class 7 (x2)

Sydney Royal Show Bronze winner class 3

2003

March
Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine
“Terrific Jam – Hank’s Jam, NSW. Rhubarb and orange was the office winner, with the apricot a close second.”

June
British Vogue Magazine
“Ilse Crawford keeps her favourite Hank’s Jam in the fridge.”

1998

June
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide
“What makes a cult food? The best cafes have it: Hank’s Jam"

1997
April
The Sydney Morning Herald, Long Black, Good Living Magazine
"One – Man Jam Session"
Hank Doudeswell has just had a marvelous weekend making marmalade. “Lime and orange marmalade is my favourite and this batch was extra special,” says the 25 year old chef. “It was like music: I tasted and put it on the croissant and I hit a chord, a perfect note.”
If you hadn’t guessed it yet, Doudeswell loves making jam. Until three years ago, he had never cooked jams, jellies or marmalades. But he decided to give it a go while working as the second chef at Fishface in Darlinghurst for Peter Kemp. He became an instant pectin-head. Once breakfasts at Fishface stopped Doudeswell offered his jam to Parmalat down the road and Doru Marina, the owner, was smitten. He placed a weekly order and Doudeswell was on his stirring way.

Since then Doudeswell has gone into jams full time supplying about 50 cafes around town. Regulars can satisfy their hankerings at the three Café Bambinis, Jackie’s, the Sports Bard, Momento, Rushcutters Bay Kiosk, L’Otel, La Buvette, the Vinyl Lounge, Bookoccino and the Hyde Park Café. Hank’s Jams are also on sale at a handful of retail outlets.

He uses organic fruit whenever possible and his basic repertoire includes his signature orange and lime marmalade, an orange marmalade and eight jams. When the fruit is running high in season, he has produced as many as 20 varieties.

All are in old fashioned Fowler Vacola jars. Doudeswell cottoned onto these by accident. His then business partner, Claudia Rowe, was keen on them and he spotted an ad in the Trading Post offering 60 dozen for sale. It turned out the Australian Museum was happy to offload the unused jars for a tiny $70.

These days, he picks them up secondhand from allover the country, through friends and advertisements. He fills about 300-400 jars a week, cooking at weekends at Café Bambini and working 12 hours a day, or, as he says, “as long as it takes.”

Although he has recipes Doudeswell often goes by instinct. “You just feel how much sugar to add,” he says. “The tartness of the fruit, the ripeness is always changing. It’s working with that flow: it’s never the same.”

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Some Uses and Recipes for Hank’s Jam

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